Sandy Pitjara Hunter

Artist: Sandy Pitjara Hunter

Skin Name: Pitjara (also spelt Petyarre)

Language Group: Alyawarr

Region: Irrultja, Utopia, Northern Territory

Vendor: Utopian Aboriginal Art

Dreaming: Caterpillar (Atlerlayt), Bush Tucker Seeds

Born in 1953 on MacDonald Downs into the Alyawarr tribe, Sandy Pitjara Hunter is greatly admired for his fine and precise dotwork and masterful use of colour. Like his sister Susan Pitjara Hunter, Sandy's work usually consists of patterns of minute dots applied with a very fine pointed stick.

The son of Johnny Ngwarai Hunter and Molly Bula Hunter, Sandy Pitjara Hunter was born on MacDonald Downs in December 1953 into the Alyawarr tribe. He now lives at Irrultja on Utopia and is married to Elizabeth Kamara Leo who is also a painter, and his other sisters Annie and Jessie.

His Dreaming is Caterpillar (Atlerlayt) which was passed down to him from his father and also paints Bush Tucker Seeds.

Exhibitions:

• 2007 - Patterns Of Power- Art from the Eastern Desert, Simmer on the Bay, Sydney
• 2007 - Eastern Desert Dreaming, GalleryG, Brisbane
• 2008 - Power of Place, Tandanya, National Aboriginal Cultural Institute Inc., Adelaide